Cleat for shoes



Jan. 12, 1943., J. F. HAGGERTY CLEAT FOR SHOES Filed April 13, 1942 Inventai' J05PH I HAGGE/e'rg Patented Jan. 12, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLEAT FOR SHOES Joseph F. Haggerty, Scranton, Pa.

Application April 13, 1942, Serial No. 438,848

2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in cleats, or spikes, for baseball shoes, the principal object in view being to provide a self-cleaning cleat and one which is more effective as regards obtaining a grip on the ground than the present day cleats of 'commerce.

To the accomplishment of the above, and subordinate objects presently appearing, a preferred embodiment of my invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawing, set forth in detail in the succeeding description, and defined in the claims appended hereto.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in bottom plan of a baseball shoe equipped with my improved cleat,

Figure 2 is a View in side elevation, and

Figure 3 is a View in section, taken on the line 3--3 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing by numeral, according to my invention, the usual triangular, open frame cleat l, fastened to the shoe by screws 2 and having outturned lug-like spikes or calks 3, is equipped, as regards each spike 3.with a combined auxiliary ground-gripping and cleaning member 4.

The members 4 each have the form of an elongated elliptical fiat metal member pivoted eccentrically of its longitudinal axis on the spike 3, as by means of a rivet 5 for oscillating movement against the inner face of the spike. Each member 4 is provided with a beveled cutting edge 6.

The members 4 are designed not only to dig into the ground, but to oscillate under motion of the wearer of the shoe in running and walking and to thereby wipe against the inside of the spike 3 to keep the same free of dirt and mud and also break up accumulation of mud forming between the spikes 3.

The foregoing will, it is believed, sufiice to impart a clear understanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly, the invention, as described, is susceptible of modification without departing from the inventive concept, and right is herein reserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the subjoined claims.

What I claim is:

1. A cleat for baseball shoes comprising a frame having spikes extending therefrom at substantially right angles thereto, and flat elliptical sharp edge members pivoted to said spikes against the irmer faces thereof for oscillating movement thereof.

2. A cleat for baseball shoes comprisinga frame having spikes extending therefrom at substantially right angles thereto, and fiat elliptical sharp edge members pivoted to said spikes against the inner faces thereof for oscillating movement thereof, said members being pivoted to the spikes in the transverse axes of the members and eccentrically of the longitudinal axes thereof.

JOSEPH F. HAGGERTY. 

